Hugo Awards: Final Ballot
We are coming down the homestretch; the voting deadline is July 31st, and I'm pretty much finished going through the categories I'm going to get to, so here's where things are shaking out:

Not listed is The Wheel of Time, mostly because it's simply absurd that so many books could be nominated as one entity. I read The Eye of the World and I'm almost finished with The Great Hunt, but nothing I've read indicates that I'd place it higher than any of the above. Incidentally, if only A Memory of Light was nominated, I probably wouldn't have gone this route (even though the end result would still be needing to read 4 million+ words in order to finish off the story, which is absurd).

Predicted Winner: Ancillary Justice

Best Novella:

"The Chaplain's Legacy" by Brad Torgerson

"Equoid" by Charles Stross

Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente

The Butcher of Khardov by Dan Wells

No Award

See My Reviews for more details. Not listed is "Wakulla Springs" by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages, primarily because it is not Science Fiction or Fantasy (if this were a historical fiction award, then that story would certainly be near the top).

See My Reviews for more details. All nominees listed, no need to deploy No Award. I did drop "The Exchange Officers" down a peg since my original reading, mostly because the story here did not really stick with me at all (though it's still a fine story).

See my comments for more details. All nominees listed, no need to deploy No Award.

Predicted Winner: Abigail Nussbaum

And that covers all the categories I'll be voting for (there are several others that I just won't get to). All in all, it's been a fun year. I can't say as though I discovered anything that really blew me away, but I'm really happy with this whole experience (the annoyance caused by various controversies notwithstanding). Since my supporting membership qualifies me to vote on next year's awards as well, you can probably expect to see this whole rigmarole again next year. I know, I know, you're already looking forward to it. In the meantime, we'll probably have a couple more posts on general stuff about the Hugos, and I am really curious to see how the voting turns out (sometime in mid-August).